Citation: F. Muell. in Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:602 (1878).

Synonymy: Danthonia pectinata Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, Three Exped. Int. eastern Austral. 2:26 (1838).

Common name: Barley Mitchell grass.

Description:
Perennial, 15-20 cm high; leaf blades flat, tuberculate-scabrous.

Spikes 3-10 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, the spikelets closely packed together; spikelets about 4-flowered; glumes subequal, c. 10 mm long, the first 7-9-nerved, the second 13-15-nerved; lemma villous on the back; the entire body c. 4 mm long, the 2 lanceolate glabrous rigid 2- or 3-nerved lateral lobes c. 6.8 mm long, the straight awn, rising from the short broad central lobe, exceeding the lateral lobes by 1-2 mm.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 18c; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 62.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA.   All mainland States except Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: mainly Sept. — March.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: A. squarrosa C.E. Hubb., Kew Bull. 1928:259 (1928). Bull Mitchell grass. Distinguished by the central or all 3 lobes of the lemma ending in hooked awns.

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